Great Grandparents!

Preston got to meet his great grandparents (Wetheringtons) this past Sunday evening. We will be making a trip in the next month to visit his other set of great grandparents up in northern Virginia. Besides his weight check the day after he came home from the hospital, this was Preston's first outing!

First Days/First Nights/Visitors!

During the 5 night hospital stay, Preston had a lot of visitors! The most frequent visitors were the proud grandparents! Preston got loved on quite a bit while we were there!!

Preston and I were finally discharged on Friday, January 15, 2010. After leaving the hospital around lunchtime, we made a stop at Chick Fil A and then came home. It was wonderful to finally be home with our son! The first couple days were a little stressful as I was still recovering from surgery and the dogs were a little wound up and having a hard time adjusting to there being a new person in the house. However, things are much more settled now! I am feeling normal again and it is not such a struggle just get up and down.

Preston hardly ever cries! He does not like having his diaper changed, as he gets cold and he will fuss a little around feeling time. He is a wonderful baby! The nights have been extremely easy. He has taken to breast feeling wonderfully and he is a great sleeper! I also love staying at home with him all day. I would not have it any other way!

January 12, 2010

Well, Preston's due date was January 1, 2010. We were hoping to have him for Christmas, but Christmas came and went. Then, we were just hoping to have him before January so we could have a tax deduction this year. Didn't happen.....Then, we thought it would be neat to have the first baby of the new year. Didn't happen either....I never would have thought that I would be 11 days past my due date before my beautiful son arrived!

Once my due date passed, I was having appointments just about every other day for a non stress test. I was making no progress as far as dialation or effacement and the baby's head had not dropped at all! After 3 weeks or no progress, I approached the midwife about scheduling an induction. On Friday, January 8, we schedule an induction. Jonathan and I went in the following Sunday evening at 5:30p.m. They were going to treat me with Cervidil (sp?) to help soften my cervix and get me dilated so they could start pitocin the next morning. When they checked me Monday morning, i had only dialated to a fingertip, but that was enough to start the Pitocin. After 9 hours of Pitocin, I had still not kicked into labor. I was having strong contractions on paper...but I was feeling none of them! At the end of the day, I had not dialted any further. The midwife decided to try a drug called Cervadex (sp?). This was also supposed to soften the cervix and help the dialtion. After 4 hours, there was still no change. At this point the midwife was suggesting that we do another round of the Cervadex and then run another day of Pitocin to see what happened. Jonathan and I were extremely frustrated and were trying to decide if that would be the best route, or if we should opt for a C-section.

One of the doctors came by our room to check on me and we asked him for a blunt answer as to what he thought the best approach was. He told us that his main concern was the fact that the baby's head was not dropping at all. He said it was highly unusual for pitocin not to kick somebody into active labor. After talking to him, I was at complete peace about having a c section. We had way too many strikes against us at this point. A c section was scheduled for the next morning at 7:30a.m.

Thank goodness we decided on a c section. Preston was a huge baby and his head was off the charts. He never would have been able to be delivered vaginally. The doctors even had to use the vacuum and forcepts to help deliver him during the c section. It was very emotional in the operating room! Obviously, neither Jonathan or I were expecting a c section, nor were we anticipating a 5 day stay in the hospital, but the outcome was a BEAUTIFUL and healthy baby boy!

Preston Luke Wetherington made his entrance into the world on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He weighed 10lbs 3 oz. and was 22 inches long.....off the charts! His foot prints were barely fit on his birth certificate. When they held him up for me to see, I thought I was staring at a 1 month old baby. It was unreal! I don't think anybody expected him to be as big as he was! He was the talk of the hospital nursery!!

It's A Boy!

Jonathan and I are pleased to announce that we are going to be the parents of a little boy!  We had a 3D/4D ultrasound last night.  ( I will post pictures soon!!)  He was very mobile and not shy about showing the goods at all!  He did however like to cover up his face, which was a little frustrating, but we managed to get some amazing pictures of our son.  His name will be Preston Luke and we cannot be more excited about his arrival this winter!  His due date is January 1, 2010.

16 weeks 4 Days

Yesterday, I felt the best feeling in the world!  I felt our baby for the first time!  I was laying down and felt the incredible feeling!!  I felt it again after lunch.  Today, I felt it again in the morning.  It's amazing.....I have been waiting 16 weeks and 4 days for this thrill!!  

Hopefully in another 4 weeks or so, Jonathan will be able to feel the movement from the outside.  Being pregnant is the neatest feeling in the world!

Team Hoyt VB- Allen Stone Memorial 5K and run/swim/run

This past Saturday, I decided to participate in the Allen Stone Memorial 5K down at the oceanfront. It was a last minute decision. Some of you know that I was involved with Team Hoyt last running season. I have not done any races with them this year because of the fact that I am pregnant. I got in touch with the founder of the virginia beach chapter of team hoyt and scheduled myself to run with them this Saturday.

Team Hoyt is a local group based off of Rick and Dick Hoyt. If you are uncertain of who Rick and Dick Hoyt are, google, them and watch their story on youtube.com. It will blow your mind!! The local group here pushes kids from St. Mary's and other disabled children/adults from the area. For this particial race there was a 5K and a Run/Swim/Run (1K run on the beach, 1K swim, and a 5K run at the end). The people participating in the 5K run would push the disabled in jogging strollers. The ones particiapting in the run swim run, would push the disabled in strollers and then pull them in boats during the swim portion......it is HARD work!! There is no complaining and when you see these kids' faces when they are "racing" it makes everything worth while!!!

I did not personally have a stroller to push for this race (I suppose it is a blessing that team hoyt not has more pushers than children to push) I still ran with them and it was awesome! This was also my first race since becoming pregnant. It really felt great to run the 3.2 miles. I ran the whole thing and still came in 6th in my age group...not bad for being 4 months pregnant!

I have another fun race next Tuesday night with the Tidewater Striders and then another 5K at the end of August. I have also signed up for a 10K on Halloween. At that point I will be 7 months pregnant. It would be great if I can still run at that point, however, I am not holding my breath. I will keep running until it is just not comforable anymore.......people say that if you exercise throughout your pregnant, you are more prone to having an easy labor. I'm holding out for an easy labor. Is there such a thing? :)